Comments on Will taking too many vitamins bad for the liver? If so, what is a recommended dosage for people over 50? »
February 13, 2009
sassymaccat @ 8:02 am
the best way to get an expert answer is to talk to your doctor, what is recommended for one person may or may not be right for others.
i knew a person who got calcuim poisoning from taking the recommended dose. please talk to your doctor.
Confused about taking vitamins? So is the government.
A staple on U.S. store shelves since the 1930s, vitamins have been the focus of hundreds of studies. Vitamins have also mushroomed into a $7 billion per year business. More than half of all Americans take them in one form or another.
Lacking a consensus on whether vitamins actually work, a federal panel this spring completed its search for evidence that they help people stay healthy by preventing cancer and other diseases.
The group commissioned a review of every vitamin study conducted during the past 40 years, met with the scientists who conducted that review and held a three-day conference last month to question leading experts.
it depends on the vitamins. if you take too much of certain vitamins they can cause problems while others wont really have an affect.
here’s a site that gives you a chart on what deficiencies and toxicities can cause:
and here are the rda’s:
Some vitamins and some minerals are bad for you in high doses. Vitamin C, for instance, doesn’t harm you, but if you *stop* taking the large doses, it can cause scurvy (the vitamin C deficiency disease). Too much vitamin A can cause your skin and the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. It only becomes harmful if you continue to overdose on it if you are healthy. In addition, higher intakes of some vitamins and minerals increase or decrease your needs for *different* nutrients. Calcium and magnesium work together, for instance, as do some combinations of B vitamins.
If you want expert advice, do the following. Keep a food diary for 2 weeks. Write down *everything* you eat during that time. Then make an appointment with a nutritionist (*not* a doctor; nutrition is *optional* in medical school if it is offered at all!!). Bring your food diary and ask what, if any, nutritional supplements you need.
Comments on Will taking too many vitamins bad for the liver? If so, what is a recommended dosage for people over 50? »
the best way to get an expert answer is to talk to your doctor, what is recommended for one person may or may not be right for others.
i knew a person who got calcuim poisoning from taking the recommended dose. please talk to your doctor.
Confused about taking vitamins? So is the government.
A staple on U.S. store shelves since the 1930s, vitamins have been the focus of hundreds of studies. Vitamins have also mushroomed into a $7 billion per year business. More than half of all Americans take them in one form or another.
Lacking a consensus on whether vitamins actually work, a federal panel this spring completed its search for evidence that they help people stay healthy by preventing cancer and other diseases.
The group commissioned a review of every vitamin study conducted during the past 40 years, met with the scientists who conducted that review and held a three-day conference last month to question leading experts.
The bottom line? Vitamins may help. Or not.
it depends on the vitamins. if you take too much of certain vitamins they can cause problems while others wont really have an affect.
here’s a site that gives you a chart on what deficiencies and toxicities can cause:
and here are the rda’s:
Some vitamins and some minerals are bad for you in high doses. Vitamin C, for instance, doesn’t harm you, but if you *stop* taking the large doses, it can cause scurvy (the vitamin C deficiency disease). Too much vitamin A can cause your skin and the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. It only becomes harmful if you continue to overdose on it if you are healthy. In addition, higher intakes of some vitamins and minerals increase or decrease your needs for *different* nutrients. Calcium and magnesium work together, for instance, as do some combinations of B vitamins.
If you want expert advice, do the following. Keep a food diary for 2 weeks. Write down *everything* you eat during that time. Then make an appointment with a nutritionist (*not* a doctor; nutrition is *optional* in medical school if it is offered at all!!). Bring your food diary and ask what, if any, nutritional supplements you need.